ABIDOGUN Ola

Great Britain
Athletics
3 Aug 1993
28
Male
T47
ILFORD
 
Great Britain
BOLTON
 
Great Britain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's 100m - T47  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Track
Men's 100m - T47 Round 1 - Heat 2
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
3Men's 100m T462012London, GBR11.23
14Men's 200m T462012London, GBR23.26
World Championships
5Men's 100m T462013Lyon, FRA11.09
6100m - T472019Dubai, UAE10.98
7Men's 200m T462013Lyon, FRA22.65
DSQ4x100m Universal Relay2019Dubai, UAEDSQ
Commonwealth Games
5Men's 100m T462010Delhi, IND11.50
European Championships
3100m - T472021Bydgoszcz, POL11.31
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O (Facebook profile, 29 Sep 2013)
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Learning Japanese. (britishathletics.org.uk, 14 Jul 2020)
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Athlete
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Law - Nottingham Trent University, Great Britain
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English
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Horwich RMI Harriers [Bolton, GBR]
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Grant Barker [personal], GBR, from 2013; Steve Thomas
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He took up athletics at school and later joined a club. (btplc.com, 31 Dec 2009)
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He was encouraged to try sprinting at age 15 by Great Britain Para athletics head coach Paula Dunn. "I started out in high jump. That's what I was discovered for. Paula looked at my running times and thought they were good, so after a conversation with my coach I started sprinting and stopped jumping. I don't think I could go back and do it now." (britishathletics.org.uk, 14 Jul 2020)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 05 Jan 2020)
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Competing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. "As not only a Para athlete, but a black Para athlete, it was first time I was ever in any kind of limelight, and I probably look on it as the most enjoyable thing I've ever done. It set up the rest of my career going forward because it gave me the confidence I needed, but also just being around a ton of other black athletes, I felt massively included." (teamengland.org, 30 Oct 2020)
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (btplc.com, 31 Dec 2009)
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"It's not about the disability, it's about the ability." (blottr.com, 23 Aug 2012)

General Interest

Classification
T47 (IPC, 10 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (paralympics.org.uk, 10 Nov 2012)

Impairment Details
His right arm has been amputated below the elbow. (paralympics.org.uk, 10 Nov 2012)

General
ATHLETICS BREAK
He began a law degree in 2014 and took a break from the sport until graduating in 2017. "I did my law degree. I spoke to my parents, my coach and Paula [Dunn, then Great Britain Para athletics head coach] and we agreed it was more beneficial for me at that time in my life to get my degree done and then go back to athletics. The degree was a one and done, whereas success in athletics could take another 10 years so it was a better decision to do my degree then, rather than doing my whole athletics career and then starting my studies." (britishathletics.org.uk, 14 Jul 2020)

Legend
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Bronze Medal Event
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